Sgt. Pepper’s album cover was voted by all of rock and roll as the number One album cover of all time.  In 1967 when this album was released, it was heard all the way around the world.  It mesmerized the world.

To look at the cover we see many things.  One thing that most do not see is that the art is put together in a tarot card structure which is explained with many clues.

The Beatles from 1964 to 1966 were the most famous people on the planet. That was until John said the Beatles were bigger than Jesus.  This was a major mistake.  Across America people began to burn the Beatle albums and most radio stations refused to play their music.  Many ministers proclaimed the Beatles’ music had hidden messages.  So Paul came up with a new concept: the 1964 Beatles would become a new band- Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

The picture above shows how the art of Sgt. Pepper’s has been placed in the form of a tarot card reading.  I am revealing this to you for the first time.  The lyrics of their songs will be the clues to decipher a puzzle.

It is here where I begin to explain this new concept. The picture above is the first card of this reading, the Significator.  It is Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band.  This represents the transformation from the old Beatles to the new Beatles.  This music would be the most advanced step in their career.   Recently the song “A Day In A Life” was voted the greatest song of the Beatle’s catalog all time, some 43 years later.  Sgt. Pepper’s Band would become the Pied Piper of the psychedelic age.

Recently I was asked about the rumor that Paul McCartney was dead.  To those who don’t know, it was a hoax.  To the knowing it was an illusion.  The truth was to hide that John would be killed.  This will be explained later.  When we look to the Crossing Card in the picture above we see the hand over Paul’s head is the hand of death, confirming the question “Is Paul dead?”  Here is the first clue of the illusion.  This is the beginning of the rumor “Is Paul dead?”.

To understand the next part of the Riddle the question to be answered is “Who is the Walrus?” The answer to this question is found on the next Beatle album MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR in the song “I Am The Walrus” written by John Lennon.  When you listen to the song there are many clues. The words that decode the Riddle are these lines “Elementary Penguin, singing Hare Krishna man you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allen Poe”.  To understand what this means imagine John’s drawing “Sherlock Lennon” from the place of Sherlock Holmes.  Holmes’ favorite statement was “Elementary, my dear Watson”. Therefore, “Elementary Penguin”. The next two clues are “Singing Hare Krishna, man you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allen Poe”.

The third card is the Fruit of the Tree.  In the code of the Riddle the words from I AM THE WALRUS –“elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna man you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allen Poe”.  When you look at SGT. PEPPER (the cover) you see that Edgar AllenPoe is in the Fruit of the Tree location at the top.  YOU do the research to see why the Beatles liked Edgar Allen Poe.  Here is where the music reveals itself as art.  It is a clue that there is something beyond with a deeper meaning to be interpreted by the individual.  A relation of relations.

The next card is called the Root of the Tree.  Looking at SGT. PEPPER’S cover we find this card at the bottom of the cover, in line with the Significator and the Crossing Card (the Fruit and the Root of the Tree).  When you look here you see the Hare Krishna doll.  This represents the Beatles’ trip to India to study meditation with the Maharishi.  This is the second place where the words “I am the walrus” become art.  Music and words.  Now we look at the first 4 cards: 1) the Significator, the new concept of the Beatles becoming the new Sgt. Pepper’s Band  2)the Crossing Card, the hand of death over Paul’s head. On Letterman’s show he asked Paul “Where did all this stuff come from?”  Paul said it all began with the last album, ABBEY ROAD.  This is a mis-direction.  John told me the last time he came that the Beatles did not know about this Riddle.  He said if he had known he would have been helping me every day of his life.  I said “Thank you”.  When I sent Pete Townshend to Paul  in 1980 about the Riddle, Paul told Pete there was no Riddle.  For Paul this was true.  I got this information in my death experience when the 2 spiritual beings said to me “Go put the Beatles together for a world cause”. I said “Who me?  I ain’t nobody”.  The female stepped forward and took my hand, saying “Go study the Beatles music, art, lyrics, movies, videos and all books written about them.  You will find what you need to know”. 3) the Fruit of the Tree is Edgar Allen Poe 4) the Root of the Tree, “singing Hare Krishna” the Hare Krishna doll.  This makes the 4 clues the tree of the Riddle.  One thing is a coincidence.  Two things might be something happening here.  Three things, got to pay attention.  Four things, wake up!  What are you going to do when the Future Card is right in front of you?  Do you think you’ll see clearly?

The fifth card is the Past Card.  It is to the right of George Harrison on the album cover.  It is a woman and beside her is all of old Hollywood.  I never looked at this.  The past is the past.  I was told by someone whose friend was one of the producers of the “Godfather” that it was important. Not to me.

The picture above reflects my opinion.  The only importance I saw was the star of the “Godfather”, Marlon Brando, who in the Future Card would be holding the gun to John’s head.  Sometimes the past points the way to the future.

We now focus on the fortune-telling part of the SGT. PEPPER cover, which is the Future Card.  It is the box on the left of John.  In this box we see the walrus behind John’s shoulder.  This is the clue that ties the Future Card to the Fruit and the Root of the Tree Cards.  “I Am the Walrus” song (the Future), “kicking Edgar Allen Poe” (the Fruit of the Tree) and “singing Hare Krishna”(the Root of the Tree) are the three clues all suggesting there is something going on.  Now we look deeper.  We see the ’64 Beatles looking at the new Sgt. Pepper Band concept.  Here we see Marlon Brando (the wild one).  He is holding what looks like a gun to John’s head.  This is where the Future Card reveals John’s death 13 years ahead of time.  Words and music and art are now one.

The picture above reflects the influence of Aleister Crowley, master tarot card reader, upon the Beatles art.  Crowley is looking down as though he is watching the future come true.

Next is the Now Card.  When you look at the cover you see the bust of a man. This statue came from John Lennon’s home.  This statue was used as the model for Sgt. Pepper. This turns the original Beatles into the Sgt. Pepper’s band in June of 1967.

Next is the Seen As Now Card.  This is the doll with Welcome the Rolling Stones written on it.  To me this is important.  Earlier that year I had driven for the Rolling Stones.  This was even before my death experience.  In my studies of all the Beatles materials, this started the whole thing to come alive for me in July, 1975.  This signifies the coming alive of the Riddle and my entrance to the behind the scenes world of rock and roll.  The doll was a tribute to the Rolling Stones from the Beatles.  The dark and the light of the British Invasion.  Welcome the Rolling Stones.

The next card of the reading is the Hopes and Fears Card.  On the album cover it is a man in Arab dress.  To me it is Lawrence of Arabia. He represents the fear of an apocalyptic event and the hope of a good outcome.  Again, this is a place where you can uncover a part of the Riddle.

The last part of the reading is the Outcome Card.  On the album cover we see it is Bob Dylan, the word genius.  He taught us how to think in a whole new way—the superior voice of that generation. He wrote the 60’s song  “Blowin’ in the wind”, the anthem of the 60’s protest generation. The whole Riddle is written with “the answer my friend is blowin’ in the wind” as its main theme.  Once again it became a personal life experience.  In December, 1978, I was there the day Bob Dylan converted to Christianity, third row center.  The next night we attended a private party with him.  There was my wife and myself, seven friends and Dylan and his band.  That night I knew the Riddle was real.  We were blessed beyond belief.  This completes the card reading.

Now we must look deeper into the music.  First, SGT. PEPPER’S song “guaranteed to raise a smile”.  As we move deeper into the Riddle I will reveal that smile to you.  “Fixing a Hole” brings the world to the now.  When McCartney saw President Obama the question arose.  Wonder if Paul told him how to fix the hole in the Gulf?  “A Day in a Life” (he blew his mind out in a car, he didn’t notice that the lights had changed).  Also, “about a lucky man who made the grade”.  When we get to the end of the Riddle you will understand this grade.  On the back cover, the picture of the Beatles has Paul facing the wrong way.  Was it really Paul?  This is Alpha, the first step in the Riddle.  The next step is the Omega of the Riddle.  It is the tenth anniversary of SGT. PEPPER and the next step to be revealed. 

SGT. PEPPER was Alpha and its tenth anniversary was Omega. Both are in the form of a tarot card reading.  When you learn to understand this system you see the music, words and art are seen with a deeper meaning. Once again, when John last came to me several years back, he said that the Beatles did not know about this Riddle.  It was being done beyond their knowledge. I found out in my life after death experience: orders from Headquarters,  “go study the music, art, lyrics, videos, movies and all the books written about them.  You will find what you need to know”.  I did.